Chapter 111

Section 127J. A receiver may petition the court for leave to apply for financial assistance from the commonwealth to supplement funds otherwise available from rents, if he deems that the rents are insufficient to effectuate the necessary repairs or rehabilitation. Seven days' not…

Section 127K. Any provision of a lease or other rental agreement relating to real property whereby a lessee, tenant or occupant enters into a covenant, agreement or contract, by the use of any words whatsoever, the effect of which is to waive the benefits of any provision of sect…

Section 127L. When violations of the standards of fitness for human habitation as established in the state sanitary code, or of other applicable laws, ordinances, by-laws, rules or regulations, may endanger or materially impair the health, safety or well-being of a tenant of resi…

Section 127N. In actions brought under this chapter against owners of residential premises a tenant may, prior to a hearing on the merits, move to join the following persons as parties: any individual, trust or corporation, partnership, association or other person who, acting alo…

Section 127O. Any person who conveys a parcel of real estate with the intent to evade a notice or order, issued pursuant to sections one hundred and twenty-two to one hundred and twenty-seven B, inclusive, and sections one to three A, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and thirty-…

Section 127P. Whenever a person has submitted a subdivision plan, or a preliminary subdivision plan which is followed within seven months by a definitive plan, or a plan referred to in section eighty-one P of chapter forty-one, the land shown on such plan shall be governed by pro…

Section 128A. The board of health may adopt and, from time to time, revise regulations requiring that the site of a demolished or removed building or structure be levelled to uniform grade by a sanitary fill proper to prevent rodent harborage and other insanitary conditions.

Section 128G. The department shall annually inspect all farm labor camps as defined in the state sanitary code, or, in lieu thereof, may delegate any such annual inspection to a local board of health. When such inspection is so delegated, the local board of health shall make its …

Section 128H. The department of public health shall, as a part of its inspection of a site for a farm labor camp, determine what educational and recreational opportunities may be available for migrant workers, and shall, as far as is practical, encourage the development of such o…

Section 129. If a person is convicted on an indictment for a common nuisance injurious to the public health, the court may order the nuisance to be removed or destroyed at the expense of the defendant, under the direction of the board of health.

Section 130. The superior court, either before or pending a prosecution for a common nuisance affecting the public health, may enjoin the maintenance of such nuisance until the matter is decided or the injunction dissolved.

Section 131. If the board considers it necessary for preservation of life or health to enter any land, building or premises, or go on board a vessel within its town, to examine into and destroy, remove or prevent a nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness, and the board, or…

Section 142A. The department of environmental protection, referred to in this section and in sections one hundred and forty-two B through one hundred and forty-two M, inclusive, as the department may from time to time adopt regulations, pursuant to this section and sections one h…

Section 142B. There is hereby established a metropolitan air pollution control district, to consist of the territory and waters comprised within the cities and towns of Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Braintree, Brookline, Cambridge, Canton, Chelsea, Dedham, Everett, Lynn, Malden, Me…

Section 142C. Other air pollution control districts similar to that established by section one hundred and forty-two B may be formed upon approval of the department. Each such district shall be composed of two or more political subdivisions of the commonwealth and of contiguous t…

Section 142D. The department, with the approval of the governor, may establish air pollution control districts compatible with such air quality control regions as may be designated by the secretary of the federal department of health, education and welfare under the provisions of…

Section 142E. Any department, agency, commission, authority or political subdivision of the commonwealth having control and supervision over any building, installation or other property shall cooperate with the department of environmental protection in preventing and controlling …

Section 142F. Whoever, except in an emergency, allows excess fuel to be discharged into the atmosphere from an aircraft shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars nor more than seven hundred and fifty dollars. As used in this section ''excess fuel'…

Section 142G. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections one hundred and forty-two A and one hundred and forty-two B, any person may burn Christmas trees during the period from December twenty-sixth to January seventh in each year, provided that said person obtains a permit from …

Section 142H. The city council of a city with the approval of its mayor, or the board of selectmen or town council of a town, may authorize the fire department of such city or town to issue not more than one permit in any one year for a ceremonial bonfire in such city or town. Sa…

Section 142I. Notwithstanding any provision of sections one hundred and forty-two A and one hundred and forty-two B, and in addition to the ceremonial bonfires permitted under the provisions of section one hundred and forty-two H, any civic, fraternal, veteran, community, or busi…

Section 142K. (a) In addition to the provisions of section one hundred and forty-two J authorizing the department of environmental protection to establish and administer setting motor vehicle emissions standards, for model years beginning with the model year nineteen hundred and …

Section 142L. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections one hundred and forty-two A to one hundred and forty-two E, inclusive, the burning of tree prunings, diseased plant materials, and brush from land clearing operations, which are the direct result of the normal commercial pu…

Section 142M. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of environmental protection. ''Department'', the department of environmental protection. ''Dynamomete…

Section 142N. For the purpose of preventing, mitigating, or alleviating impacts on the resources of the commonwealth and to the health of its citizens from pollutants emitted by fossil fuel-fired electric generation facilities serving retail customers in the commonwealth, the dep…

Section 142O. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Motor vehicle fuel dispensing facility'', a motor vehicle fuel facility which dispenses gasoline directly to motor vehicles. ''Stage …

Section 143. No trade or employment which may result in a nuisance or be harmful to the inhabitants, injurious to their estates, dangerous to the public health, or may be attended by noisome and injurious odors shall be established in a city or town except in such a location as m…

Section 144. If a place or building so assigned becomes a nuisance by reason of offensive odors or exhalations therefrom, or is otherwise hurtful or dangerous to the neighborhood or to travelers, the superior court may, on complaint of any person, revoke such assignment, prohibit…

Section 145. Whoever is injured in the comfort or enjoyment of his estate by such nuisance may recover in tort the damages sustained thereby.

Section 146. Orders of prohibition issued under section one hundred and forty-three shall be served by an officer qualified to serve civil process upon the occupant or person having charge of the premises where such trade or employment is exercised, and the board shall take all n…

Section 147. Whoever is aggrieved by an order made under section one hundred and forty-three or one hundred and fifty-two may, within three days after service of the order upon him, give written notice of appeal to the board or department of environmental protection, and file a p…

Section 148. Such trade or employment shall not be exercised contrary to the order while such proceedings are pending, unless specially authorized by the board; and if so specially authorized all further proceedings by the board shall be stayed while such proceedings are pending.…

Section 149. The verdict may alter, affirm or annul the order, and shall be returned to the court for acceptance; and if accepted, shall have the authority and effect of a valid order of the board, and may also be enforced by the court in equity.

Section 14A. The department shall purchase and distribute to the boards of health in cities and towns penicillin and such other prophylactic drugs as the commissioner may approve for the treatment of persons recovering from rheumatic fever, and said local board of health may furn…

Section 15. The department may perform for the division of animal health, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon, such services in its laboratory as may be necessary in the examination of materials from animals suspected of being infected with glanders, tuberculosis…

Section 150. If the order is affirmed by the verdict, the board shall recover costs to the use of the town; if it is annulled and the petitioner has not been specially authorized by said board to exercise such trade or employment during the proceedings, he shall recover damages a…

Section 150A. As used in this section and in section one hundred and fifty A1/2 the following words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:— ''Department'', the department of environmental protection. ''Facility'', a sanitary landfill, a refuse …

Section 150B. The definition of ''facility'' in section two of chapter twenty-one D shall apply to this section. Any such facility shall be subject to this section and not subject to section one hundred and fifty A. No place in any city or town shall be established or maintained …

Section 151. No person shall occupy or use a building for carrying on the business of slaughtering cattle, horses, mules, sheep or other animals, or for a melting or rendering establishment, or for other noxious or offensive trade and occupation, or permit or allow said trade or …

Section 152. If any buildings or premises are so occupied or used, the department of environmental protection shall, upon application, appoint a time and place for hearing the parties, and, after due notice thereof to the party against whom the application is made and a hearing, …

Section 153. The superior court may restrain the unauthorized occupancy, use or extension of any building or premises occupied or used for the trades or occupations aforesaid, and enforce the orders of the department issued under the preceding section; but this and the two preced…

Section 154. A person engaged in or desiring to engage in the business of killing horses, or in the rendering of horses or other animals, shall annually in March apply for a license to the board of health of the town where such business is to be carried on. The application shall …

Section 155. No person shall erect, occupy or use for a stable any building in a city, or in a town having more than five thousand inhabitants, unless such use is licensed by the board of health, and, in such case, only to the extent so licensed. The fee for such licenses shall b…

Section 156. No person shall in a city occupy or use a building for a livery stable, or a stable for taking or keeping horses and carriages for hire or to let, within two hundred feet of a church or meeting house erected and used for the public worship of God, without the written…

Section 157. Whoever violates any provision of the two preceding sections or of a regulation or order made thereunder shall be punished by a fine of five dollars for each day such violation continues.

Section 158. The selectmen of towns having a population of five thousand or less may license suitable persons to keep more than four horses in specified buildings or places within their respective towns, and may revoke such licenses at pleasure. The fee for such licenses shall be…

Section 159. The department of environmental protection, in this section and sections one hundred and sixty to one hundred and sixty-six, inclusive, called the department, shall have the general oversight and care of all inland waters and of all streams, ponds and underground wat…

Section 16. The department shall report to the director of animal health all cases brought to its attention where barns, stables or other enclosures, in which neat cattle, other ruminants or swine are kept, are in an unsanitary condition.

Section 160. The department may cause examinations of such waters to be made to ascertain their purity and fitness for domestic use, or the possibility of their impairing the interests of the public or of persons lawfully using them or of imperilling the public health. It may mak…

Section 160A. No physical cross connection shall be maintained between the distribution system of a public water supply, the water of which is used for drinking, domestic or culinary purposes, and the distribution system of any water supply not approved by the department as being…